Improvement in pitchforks



I No. 26,354.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OrrrcE.

JOHN HERALD AND C. B. TOMPKINS, OF TRUMANSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT iN PITCH FORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,354, dated December 6, 1859.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, J. HERALD and C. B. TOMPKINS, both of Trumansburg, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvementiu Horse- `litchf'oi-ks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the sa me, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specih'cation, in which- Figure l is a front sectional view of ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a side or edge view ot the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corre-` sponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in the large class of pitch or hay forks that are operated by a horse and attendant. The object ofthe within-described invention is to render this class of forks much more durable than usual, and at the same time reduce the cost ot' construction.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents the head of the fork, which is ot' metal, of T form, and tubular. The part a is the portion through which the teeth of the fork pass and are perfectlysecured, and the part b is the socket into which the handle is iitted. Into each end ot the part a a wooden plug, c, is fitted. These plugs may be secured in the ends of the part a by the screw-tangs d of e) es e, to which the lifting rope or chain is attached.

The teeth B may be of the usual taper quadrilateral form, and their upper ends or tan gs, j', are tapered in a direction reverse tovtheir exposed parts, and each terminate iu a screw, g, said screws passing through the upper side ofthe part a ofthe head, the quadrilateralportions of the tangs lttingY in corresponding shaped openings inthe lower side of the part c ofthe head, the tangs being firmly secured in said part a by screwing up nut-s i on the screw portion g ot' the tangs, as shown clearly in Fig. l. i

O is a wooden handle, which has a round tenon,j, cut on its end. This tenon tits `into the socket b of the head, the exterior of the socket and handle being ush witheach other, and the end of the socket bearing against a shoulder, k, which is formed on the handle by the tenonj. i

D is a screw, which passes transversely through the parta of the head and longitudinally'into the end of the teuonj of the handle. (See Fig. 1.) By turning this scr'ew Dthe hanbeing drawn snugly within the socket b.

By this improvement a very durable and 'cheapiinpleinentis obtained, and one that may J. HERALD. U. B. TOMPKINS.

Witnesses:

G. P. GREGG, EBEE LovELL.

dle is irnily secured to the head, the` tenonj be readi ly repaired, when necessary, by the user. 

